Car crashes into home after chase

Published: Saturday, August 30, 2014 at 03:07 PM.

A Kings Mountain man faces charges after allegedly fleeing a Highway Patrol checkpoint, leading a trooper on a chase and crashing into a home Friday night.

Robert Allen Price, 46, of the 200 block of Stony Point Road, faces four charges including driving while impaired.

The chase happened on Davis Park Road in west Gastonia at 9:36 p.m. Emergency dispatchers said it ended when a Buick driven by Price crashed into a single-story brick home along the 1600 block, near the intersection of Upton Avenue.

Thurman and Frankie Thomas have lived in the home 14 years. They said the Buick crashed into their chain-link fence and through their living room.

They were not injured. Thurman Thomas said Price appeared to sustain minor injuries and was treated at the scene.

Price was booked into the Gaston County Jail around 3 a.m. Saturday.

‘It happened so fast’

The Thomases were in their bedroom at the rear of the home when the crash happened. Their 12-year-old granddaughter was in the bedroom nearby.

“It happened so fast. It was like a screech. The next thing I know there was a big boom and (Price’s car) was in my living room,” Thurman Thomas said.

The Buick ran through the front door, destroying the family’s living room and bathroom, he said.

A Kings Mountain man faces charges after allegedly fleeing a Highway Patrol checkpoint, leading a trooper on a chase and crashing into a home Friday night.

Robert Allen Price, 46, of the 200 block of Stony Point Road, faces four charges including driving while impaired.

The chase happened on Davis Park Road in west Gastonia at 9:36 p.m. Emergency dispatchers said it ended when a Buick driven by Price crashed into a single-story brick home along the 1600 block, near the intersection of Upton Avenue.

Thurman and Frankie Thomas have lived in the home 14 years. They said the Buick crashed into their chain-link fence and through their living room.

They were not injured. Thurman Thomas said Price appeared to sustain minor injuries and was treated at the scene.

Price was booked into the Gaston County Jail around 3 a.m. Saturday.

‘It happened so fast’

The Thomases were in their bedroom at the rear of the home when the crash happened. Their 12-year-old granddaughter was in the bedroom nearby.

“It happened so fast. It was like a screech. The next thing I know there was a big boom and (Price’s car) was in my living room,” Thurman Thomas said.

The Buick ran through the front door, destroying the family’s living room and bathroom, he said.